[Lemon, in his English _Etymology_, has the following remarks on this
phrase:--"_Vessel of Paper_: The etymology of this word does not at
first sight appear very evident; but a derivation has been lately
suggested to me, which seems to carry some probability with it; viz.
that _a vessel of paper_ may have derived its appellation from
_fasciculus_, or _fasciola_; quasi _vassiola_; a vessel, or small slip
of paper; a little winding band, or swathing cloth; a garter; a
_fascia_, a small narrow binding. The root is undoubtedly _fascis_, a
bundle, or anything tied up; also, the fillet with which it is bound."]
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